Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 PST
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 1AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)18s
Afternoon (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
5
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
W
1.7
WNW
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)131211121818171414161615151414141414181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)889648540480448448156072582010519871280129222172338245526472093684880348021754569846454
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
0
WSW
5
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
SW
5
W
5
E
10
E
10
WNW
0
W
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglassoffcross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
glassoffoffcross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17AM
1.36
11:32AM
1.48
12:51AM
1.40
12:22PM
1.28
1:25AM
1.42
1:19PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
-0.19
5:44AM
0.52
6:13PM
-0.01
6:40AM
0.49
6:44PM
0.18
7:42AM
0.46
Tue
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:05-------7:05--
Sunset-------5:36-------5:37-------5:37
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192021202021222219202019192119181920151514151615
Feels °C (?)161617151618202117181716161816171617131413131212
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